Vaccines have dramatically lowered the spread of COVID-19 and warm summer weather will make it even harder for the virus to spread.
Author: Joel Shannon, USA TODAY
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Police are fueling outrage over Andrew Brown Jr.’s death by withholding information, experts say
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‘God knows what happened’: North Carolina deputy fatally shoots Black man, but police release few details
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Commercial boat capsized amid severe weather off Louisiana coast; 6 people rescued, more missing
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Icicles hanging from a ceiling fan, a frosted cactus: Texas is frozen in surreal photos
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